Raveena Tandon refuses to play Ranveer Singh's mother

According to the latest buzz Raveena Tandon has refused to
play Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra’s mother in Zoya Akhtar’s forthcoming
film, ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’. Raveena was approached for the role after Madhuri
Dixit and Tabu refused but she too turned down the project as she is not
interested to play an ageing woman role.

After al the beauties turned down the role, Zoya approached Shefali Shah
and she agreed. A source close to the film was heard saying, "Both Tabu
and Raveena liked the role but weren't comfortable playing mom to Priyanka
Chopra and Ranveer Singh."

Anil Kapoor will essay the role of their father. Shefali has
no inhibitions in playing the character as she has done it before. She happily
agreed to play the role of Ranveer and Priyanka’s mother.

The film will also see Anushka Sharma in a pivotal role,
most probably she will play Ranveer’s love interest. The film will be produced
by Farhan Akhar’s production house. Couple of days back, the Ranveer Singh and
Priyanka Chopra was spotted outside Farhan’s house to discuss the project. The film
is slated to release in June 2015.

Ranveer Singh has the central role in the film and to focus on his character
in the movie, Ranveer has set aside 70-75 days from his schedule for the film.
According to reports, Ranveer has willingly blocked bulk dates for the Zoya
film. He gets a suave look for the film.

Reports say the movie will be shot over a schedule of 80 days (approx) and
major parts of the shooting will have Ranveer Singh.

Highly excited Ranveer said, “I am super excited to work with Zoya as I
believe she’s one of the most talented directors in the industry.” The star
will be found sporting in a new look in the film. And because of this the
character is being kept under tight wraps.

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani was quoted saying, “This is the first time you will
be seeing Ranveer Singh as a leading man in an urban film. His look is very
chic and suave. Therefore, we have restricted him from doing any other film or
endorsements during our schedule of 4 months.”

There was a buzz that the actor has signed an exclusive contract for the
film. But the actor’s spokesperson clarified that there is no exclusivity
clause in the (film) contract, as reported earlier.

According to reports in the media, the Zoya film will be shot across Europe,
Turkey, Spain, Italy and France. The movie is supposed to release on June 05,
2015.

The actor, known as fussy, has finally agreed to endorse some brands and has
recently signed quite a few A-list brands.

In 2010, the actor appeared for the first time in the Yash Raj Films project
‘Band Baaja Baaraat’. The romantic comedy was set in the world of wedding
planning, where he featured as a typical Delhi guy called Bittoo Sharma. After
its release, ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ became a commercial success. Ranveer won the
Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut at the Filmfare Awards for his role in the
film.

The actor was later seen playing a con artist in ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl’
(2011), a disguised robber in ‘Lootera’ (2013) and a Gujarati boy in ‘Goliyon
Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’ (2013). He has also received critical acclaim for his
role of a local goon in ‘Gunday’ (2014).